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How do I get www services running on Windows 7

I develop websites on my laptop and have recently upgraded to Windows 7 Enterprise. I need to get IIS and WWW services running so I can test sites locally using http://localhost/websitename.

After installing IIS I attempted to open a test site but IE8 did not show anything. I checked services and found the WWW service not running. After attempting to start it I receive and error:

Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start. (see attached)

It looks like the dependent service not started is DCOM Server Process Launcher and Windows Process Activation Service. However when I look in services I don't see the DCOM service listed at all. Also, when attempting to start the Windows Process Activation Service I receive an error (see attached).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Patmac951

This may sound very basic...but have you simply tried to re-install IIS? It appears you are missing a few key files.

spikelly

Try to reinstall the IIS...seems to be a small issue.

mstumpo

ASKER

I uninstalled IIS and reinstalled but it still does not work. When in Web Expressions I get the attached error (attached). Also, WWW service does not start as before.
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mstumpo

ASKER

I logged into Windows 7 as the administrator and installed IIS. ALL dependent services to WWW service are started but i still can't get WWW service to start. Same error message as above. Please help.

Patmac951

So if you right click 'Computer', select manage, then expand the Services do you see the IIS service listed? If you expand the IIS service do you see the default Web Site? If so right click the default Web Site and select properties and do a screen capture of that page and post the results.

mstumpo

ASKER

Screen captures are attached.
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IIS-Manager-error.png

mstumpo

ASKER

Here is the advanced settings capture. Let me know if I captured what you need
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Patmac951

Ok so what happens if you manually try to start both the WAS and W3SVC services, do they start without getting an error? If they do start attempt to start the Website again.

mstumpo

ASKER

I don't see the WAS service. Should I log on as administrator to see it? If not, then the service is not available. As you can see from the screen shot, there is no Windows Activation Service (WAS) listed here.
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Patmac951

Ok what about the Windows Process Activation service are you positive that is started? ...It is the last item listed in your above screen capture. Is the process set to Automatically start or is it set to manual?

mstumpo

ASKER

See images below for issues. When I attempt to start the WPAS service, I receive the error below. Path to error is attached also,
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